Eurysternus mexicanus Harold, 1869

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 128-129

Eurysternus mexicanus Harold, 1869

Fig. 50A

Eurysternus mexicanus Harold 1869a: 505 (original description). Type locality: Mexico. Name-bearing type: lectotype (MNHN), designated by Jessop (1985), not examined.

Eurysternus mexicanus – Harold 1880: 14 (comment). — Bates 1887: 41 (distribution). — Candèze 1891: 330 (list). — Gillet 1911b: 26 (catalogue). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 (list). — Roze 1955: 41 (checklist for Venezuela). — Halffter & Matthews 1966: 73 (biology). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 547 (key). — Howden & Young 1981: 17 (diagnosis). — Halffter & Edmonds 1982: 46 (biology). — Jessop 1985: 1100 (designation of lectotype). — Blanco 1987: 41 (catalogue). — Deloya 1992: 2 (list). — López-Guerrero & Morón 1994: 347 (biology). — Montes de Oca & Halffter 1995: 167 (ecology). — Maes 1998: 654 (list for Nicaragua). — Amézquita et al. 1999: 119 (biodiversity). — Escobar 2000: 208 (checklist for Colombia). — López-Guerrero & Halffter 2000: 245 (morphology). — Estrada & Coates-Estrada 2002: 1911 (ecology). — Huerta et al. 2003: 19 (biology). — Morón 2003: 44 (diagnosis). — Kohlmann et al. 2007: 29 (checklist). — Noriega et al. 2007: 82 (list for Colombia). — Pulido-Herrera et al. 2007: 307 (cited for Andean region of Colombia). — Huerta & Martínez 2008: 123–132 (biology). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 (list). — Génier 2009: 198, 261, 326, 427 (diagnosis, distribution, key). — Medina & Pulido-Herrera 2009: 60 (diversity). — Camero 2010: 169 (cited of Colombia). — Lozano 2010: 86 (list). — Cultid-Medina et al. 2012: 64 (guide). — Delgado et al. 2012: 329 (list). — Solís & Kohlmann 2012: 7 (checklist for Costa Rica). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (list). — Pardo-Locarno & Camero 2014: 210, 212, 215 (list for Chocó, Colombia). — Molina et al. 2016: 128–130 (cited for Valle del Cauca, Colombia). — Giraldo et al. 2018: 50 (guide). — Nieto et al. 2020: 136 (report).

Material examined

VENEZUELA ‒ Bolívar • 1 spec.; Isla de Anacoco ; 6 Aug. 2006; Curso NM2006 leg.; faeces, 23h -16:22, NM; CEMT . ‒ Táchira • 2 specs; Jun. 1989; J. Blanco leg.; CEMT • 1 spec.; San Cristóbal, Coloncito ; 9 Apr. 1995; O. Hillert leg.; CEMT . ‒ Yaracuy • 1 spec.; Bolívar, Aroa ; 10°0′0″ N, 68°0′0″ W; 468 m a.s.l.; 21 Aug. 2009; M. Assmüssen, P. Colmenares and H. Martínez leg.; human faeces; CEMT .

Distribution

Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana ( Génier 2009).

Subregions of Venezuela

Maracaibo Depression, Plains, Delta plain of the Orinoco River and coastal swamp of the San Juan River, Peneplain of the Caura and Paragua rivers, System of hills and low sierras Lara-Falcón, System of hills and low piedmont mountains of the Guiana Shield, System of low mountains and hills Imataca-Cuyuní of Northeast Guyana Shield, Serrania de Perija, Andes mountains, Central Coast Mountain Range, Oriental Coast Range, and Guiana Shield.

Literature records

Harold 1880: 14 ( Venezuela). — Candèze 1891: 330 ( Venezuela: Carabobo: San Esteban). — Gillet 1911b: 26 ( Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 197 ( Venezuela). — Roze 1955: 41 ( Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 547 ( Venezuela). — Jessop 1985: 1101 ( Venezuela). — Blanco 1987: 41 ( Venezuela: Táchira). — Larsen et al. 2008: 1294 ( Venezuela: Bolívar). — Génier 2009: 199 ( Venezuela: Aragua; Bolívar; Lara; Mérida; Miranda; Monagas; Sucre; Táchira; Zulia and Distrito Capital). — Lozano 2010: 86 ( Venezuela: Zulia). — Ferrer-Paris et al. 2013: 109 (Aragua [Guárico]: Altagracia de Orituco, Bolívar: Isla de Anacoco, Mérida: La Azulita-Jají, Yaracuy: Hacienda Guáquira and Zulia: Rosario de Perijá).

Figures

Fig. 50. Species distribution. A. Eurysternus mexicanus Harold, 1869. B. Eurysternus plebejus Harold, 1880. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.